Biology:Acrapex rhabdoneura

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Short description: Species of moth

Acrapex rhabdoneura
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Acrapex
Species:
A. rhabdoneura
Binomial name
Acrapex rhabdoneura
Hampson, 1910

Acrapex rhabdoneura is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1910.[1] It is found in Africa, including Kenya.

The wingspan is 22–26 mm.[2]

Description

Head, thorax, and abdomen pale ochreous slightly tinged with rufous; palpi dark brown. Forewing pale ochreous slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with brown; the costal edge and interspaces of costal area suffused with reddish brown; a diffused red-brown fascia in and below cell to near termen where it meets an oblique brown fascia from termen below apex to vein 2 with a pale oblique fascia before it from apex; a white streak on extremity of median nervure slightly hooked on discocellulars; the veins beyond the cell streaked with white to the subterminal fascia; a fine red-brown terminal line; cilia brown mixed with ochreous. Hindwing pure white; the underside with the costal area tinged with ochreous.[2]

References

  1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae . CRC Press. ISBN:0-916846-45-8, ISBN:978-0-916846-45-9
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hampson, George F. (1910). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q4675058 entry